Today at 3:00, Steve will be holding a press conference regarding the criminal investigation involving Tyreek Hill and Crystal Espinal. This will be held in our 4th floor conference room.
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
The DA just said they're sure a crime was committed but can't prove it beyond a reasonable doubt.
That's all the NFL needs. We can all hope that nothing more comes of it but we won't know until the NFL says something definitive. Players have gotten suspended for less.
ok and they're going to suspend him based off of what information? Brooke Pryor? The sealed documents? The charges not filed against him? [Reply]
After thinking about it and him saying CPS is still involved, my guess means they will be doing regular visits to the house for a period of time. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
The DA just said they're sure a crime was committed but can't prove it beyond a reasonable doubt.
That's all the NFL needs. We can all hope that nothing more comes of it but we won't know until the NFL says something definitive. Players have gotten suspended for less.
Originally Posted by Hog's Gone Fishin:
I wonder if they've thought about asking the kid who done it?
Baldy Upforelection said they did ask Damien. Then Baldy made a rather odd statement ... something along the lines of, "The child often can't tell us."
I'm not sure what in the hell he meant by that. All in all, this was a pretty disgusting display. We're not filing charges is all he needed to say. But no ... let's leave every door wide open in order to maximize speculation.
Originally Posted by TwistedChief:
This is an unfortunate result.
The kid was very likely abused. More likely than not, it was Tyreek who committed the act and Crystal is incentivized to help cover it up. They both refuse to cooperate. The DA doesn't have any real witness to the incident willing to testify and thus we have this press conference.
NFL will suspend him. Chiefs probably try to weather the storm. Organization looks bad. We all will feel a little dirty cheering for him.
Disagree. I don't see the grounds for which Tyreek will be suspended, nor do I see how the organization looks bad here for standing behind a player that wasn't named in anything. And unless something concrete comes up showing Tyreek is guilty of anything here, I will not feel dirty cheering for him. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TwistedChief:
This is an unfortunate result.
The kid was very likely abused. More likely than not, it was Tyreek who committed the act and Crystal is incentivized to help cover it up. They both refuse to cooperate. The DA doesn't have any real witness to the incident willing to testify and thus we have this press conference.
NFL will suspend him. Chiefs probably try to weather the storm. Organization looks bad. We all will feel a little dirty cheering for him.
Which is why he will not be a Chief, long term. Maybe shorter term than we think. [Reply]
Originally Posted by FringeNC:
On second thought, I'm not sure the NFL will do anything. Goodell cares NOTHING about justice, but rather protecting the NFL brand name. I think you could make the case suspending Hill would HURT brand name because it would suggest HILL was guilty. The DA himself did not do that.
This is a tough call.
I don't know how you could listen to the entire presser and still say the DA didn't do that. [Reply]
If I were the prosecutor, I'd charge both parents for hurting the child and if neither is willing to testify that the other did it, then they both can be convicted.
Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla:
If he wasn't named in the case, what's the argument for suspension?
That's he's endangering children through one of two mechanisms:
1) He beat the fuck out of his kid
2) His wife or someone else beat the fuck out of his kid and he didn't help divulge information that would allow for prosecutors to try her
The only argument that makes Hill look remotely human in this case is that someone else beat the kid and he has since cut them completely out of the child's life, but there was too much uncertainty to establish exactly which person did it. [Reply]
